The most interesting thing about the mining industry’s social investment in communities is not so much the money they spend, as the original and innovative ways in which they spend it.
Over some 15 years, and through the design and...
Little more than a few years ago, runners were a rare sight in the town of Solwezi. Nowadays, when Collins Mbimbi goes for his weekly Saturday run, a crowd of novice runners tends to follow in hot pursuit, hoping...
ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEVER: During the construction of FQM’s Sentinel Mine, thousands of trees had to be cut down to clear the land. It was an unusual opportunity for FQM to build a sawmill that that employs local people and uses...
When David first found out that he was HIV positive, it was like the world was caving in around him. For his wife Faith, it was even more of a shock. Although her husband’s HIV test results were positive,...
Six days a week, 165 km a day, five hours of cycling – that’s the gruelling training regimen that Zambia’s national cycling team is subjected to in their intense preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. This video...
It's every town-planner’s dream – the opportunity to start with a clean sheet of paper and build an entire town from scratch. That’s Kabitaka, a purpose-built town on the outskirts of Solwezi.
It boasts more than 600 owner-occupied homes, commercial and...
They are so talented that it’s almost scary – in the space of barely three years, a group of underprivileged schoolchildren from informal settlements around Kitwe have become golfing prodigies, winning both local and international tournaments and putting Zambia...
As Nature’s Nectar – a mine-supported honey producer that is empowering Zambian honey farmers – has grown, new hires have followed. Davies Illunga was brought on as the company’s first full-time Field Supervisor in 2018, to oversee the work...
Christmas came early this year for the children of the North-Western province village of Kyafukuma when a Toyota Hilux from FQM’s Kansanshi Mine drove up to the edge of the football field and unloaded 22 brand-new soccer jerseys and...
What was your dream when you were at school? What did you want to become?
To be honest, when I went to school – this was in the former Rhodesia – career aspirations were limited to the professionals that we...
